Man Qian was born in Pingyuan (now Lingxian County, Dezhou, Shandong Province). Humorous, good at ci and fu, Emperor Wu was a minister and writer. In the early years of Emperor Wu's accession to the throne, he recruited people who were virtuous, upright and talented in literature. Scholars and Confucian scholars from all over the world have written to apply for jobs. Dong Fangshuo also wrote a letter to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It took three thousand pieces of bamboo slips to write, and only two people could afford it. It took Emperor Wu two months to finish it. In his self-recommendation, he said, "I lost my parents when I was a teenager in Dong Fangshuo, and I grew up on the support of my brother and sister-in-law. I didn't study until I was thirteen years old, and I studied hard. I have read enough literature and history books for three winters. At the age of fifteen, he learned fencing, and at the age of sixteen, he learned Poetry and Book, and read 22, words. At the age of 19, he studied Sun Wu's art of war and the manipulation of war, and understood the use of various weapons and the drums of soldiers advancing and retreating in combat. I also read 22, words in this book, with a total of 44, words. I admire Zilu's brave words. Now I am twenty-two years old and nine feet three inches tall. His eyes are bright, like bright beads, his teeth are white and tidy like arranged shells, he is brave like Meng Zi, agile like Qing Ji, frugal like Bao Shu, and faithful like Wei Sheng. I am such a person, enough to be the minister of the son of heaven! Chen Shuo took the death penalty, and then worshipped upward. "Emperor Wu read Dong Fangshuo's boastful recommendation, praised his spirit, and ordered him to stay in the bus department. There was not much salary and green, and he was not summoned by Emperor Wu. After a while, he was dissatisfied with his present situation. During a day's trip, I saw a dwarf and threatened him: "Your death is coming! The dwarf asked him why, and he said, "It's no use living in the world for a short man like you. You can't farm or be an official to govern the people, let alone go to the front with weapons. People like you are not good for the country, just living in the world and wasting food, so now the emperor will kill you all. "The dwarf burst into tears after hearing this. Dong Fangshuo said to him, "Don't cry for a while. The emperor is coming. When he comes, you should kowtow and apologize. "After a while, Emperor Wu rode by, and the dwarf cried and bowed. Emperor Wu asked, "Why are you crying? "The dwarf said," Dong Fangshuo said that the emperor would kill us short people! "Emperor Wu asked Dong Fangshuo why he said so. Dong Fangshuo replied, "Chen Shuo will say this when he is alive, and he will say this when he is dead. The short man is only over three feet long, with a bag of rice and 24 yuan. I am more than nine feet tall, but I only get a bag of rice, with 24 yuan. The dwarf was so full that I panicked. Your majesty is looking for talents. If you think what I said is right and you are a talent, you should reuse me. If you are not a talent, just give me back and don't let me waste food here. "The emperor laughed and appointed him as the golden horse gate to be summoned, so that he would have more opportunities to see the emperor. One day, Emperor Wu was playing in the palace, and he put a gecko under the bowl and asked the ministers to guess what it was. Ministers can't guess. Dong Fangshuo came forward and guessed, "It's a dragon, right? It has no horns; It's a snake, but it has feet. It will crawl on the wall. It's either a gecko or a four-legged snake! "The emperor said" yes "and gave him ten pieces of satin. Ask him to guess again and again, and he can guess and get a lot of rewards. Not convinced, Sheren Youguo, the pet beside Emperor Wu, put a leaf with fungus and cheese under the basin for him to guess, if he guessed that he was willing to accept 1 yuan. Dong Fangshuo said, "Raw meat is called preserved meat, and the better meat is called preserved meat.": The parasitic thing born on the tree is called Zhi mushroom, which is under the pot. "A listen to Dong Fangshuo guessed it again, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty called people to beat Mr. Guo Scheeren one hundred times. Mrs. Guo was beaten and screamed. Dong Fangshuo said again, "Duh! There is no hair on the mouth, the voice is screaming, and the ass is stuck up for a long time. "Mr. Guo said angrily," Dong Fangshuo dares to laugh at the near minister beside the emperor, and he should be condemned to abandon the city. "Emperor Wu asked Dong Fangshuo," Why do you laugh at him? "Dong Fangshuo said," I didn't laugh at him, I just made a riddle with him! "Emperor Wu said," What's the riddle? "Dong Fangshuo said," That hairless mouth is a dog hole. The sound is that Wu is feeding his little Wu, and his ass is high, and the crane is bowing its head and pecking. Still unconvinced, Mr. Guo said, "I'm going to ask him another riddle. If he can't guess, he should also be beaten." Then he made a riddle with homonym: "Ling Hu, Lao Bai Tu, Yi You Ya, Yi Ya. What is this? Dong Fangshuo thought for a moment and said, "An order is an order. A pot is an instrument for holding things; An ostrich has irregular teeth; Being old is people's respect for him; Bai is the ghost court; Tu, is a slowly soaked road; Yi You, is uncertain; Yiya, it is two dogs fighting. "All the riddles written by Mr. Guo Scheeren failed him. Ministers were surprised by Dong Fangshuo's quick thinking and humor. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also liked him very much and appointed him as a regular assistant minister. One day, in the heat, Emperor Wudi ordered officials to come to the palace to get meat. After waiting for a long time, when the meat-dividing official returned, Dong Fangshuo drew his sword and cut a large piece of meat, and said to his colleagues, "It's a dog's day, meat is perishable, so please take it back quickly!" The next day, Emperor Wu said to Dong Fangshuo, "Yesterday, you gave me meat. Why didn't you wait for the imperial edict to come down and cut the meat and go home without authorization? Why? You should criticize yourself! "Dong Fangshuo said," Come back! Come back! Why is it so rude to wait for the imperial edict to come down? Draw a sword and cut meat, why are you so brave! Not much cutting, why so frugal! Take it home to Xijun (wife and concubine), and why are you so kind! After hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said, "If you want to criticize yourself, you will praise yourself! "I also gave him a stone of wine and a hundred pounds of meat. He takes them home to honor his wife. Emperor Wu likes traveling incognito and hunting at will. He often leads the guards to Huangshan Mountain in the west, Changyang Palace in the south and Yichun Palace in the west. Along the way, I took a group of martial arts riders. They rode horses to shoot deer, chased foxes and rabbits, and even fought bears with their bare hands. During the safari, the cavalry trampled on crops and the people complained bitterly. It was suggested that Emperor Wu set up a royal garden. Emperor Wu ordered Qiu Shouwang and others to design a large area of land from Epang Palace in the south to Yi-Guo Palace in the east and Yichun Palace in the west, which was dedicated to hunting and rest for Emperor Wu. To build a garden with such a large piece of land, Dong Fangshuo wrote to urge Emperor Wu. He said: "If such a garden gate is built, it will destroy the environment of the pond and water. Invaded the fertile land of the people. This is useless to the country, but not to the people. This is the first reason why it can't be built. Secondly, it destroyed the graves of the people, tore down the houses of the people, and made the people die without burial and live without shelter. Third, to build such a garden, we have to run with horses and things, walk north and south with cars, and dig deep ditches and canals. This is a waste of people and money, and it is absolutely impossible to damage your majesty's supreme holy name with the joy of one day. "Dong Fangshuo's remonstrance in Shanglin Garden was really touching. After reading and playing Shu, Emperor Wu appointed Dong Fangshuo as a doctor in Taizhong, and gave him a hundred Jin of gold. However, Emperor Wudi still built Shanglin Garden as my Qiu Shou Wang played. Princess Longsi's son, Zhao Pingjun, is a pampered and extravagant dude who married An Gongzhu, the daughter of Emperor Wu. His mother was afraid that her son would make trouble and commit crimes after his death, so she took out a thousand pounds of gold and money in advance to the government to atone for his death. After Princess Long's death, his son became increasingly overbearing. One day, after drinking, he killed the servant beside Yi An Gongzhu and was detained by the official. Because he is a relative of the country, he can't be punished casually, so Ting Wei handed him over to Emperor Wu for disposal. The ministers around Emperor Wu pleaded for him, saying, "His mother has paid him a sum of money to atone for his death, and your majesty has promised.". Emperor Wu said, "My poor sister had this son when she was very old, and she entrusted it to me before she died. "Said see shed tears. After a while, he dried his tears and said, "The law was made by the first emperor. If my sister broke the rules of the first emperor, how could I have the face to enter the ancestral temple of Emperor Gao! How to go to the people of Lebanon? So he approved the punishment for his nephew, and at the same time Emperor Wu began to cry sadly. At this moment, Dong Fangshuo stepped forward and raised his glass to offer a toast: "I heard that St. Wang Weizheng rewarded his enemies and punished them regardless of their flesh and blood. Now your Majesty follows the old adage, so every million people in the world can get their own place. This is an honor for the whole world." Today, I hold this cup of wine, propose a toast to the emperor, and risk my life to say goodbye to long live and long live! Emperor Wu said to him, "The ancient book says,' Speak only when you should speak, so that people won't hate him'. Is it time for you to serve birthday wine today? Dong Fangshuo said: "I heard that happiness is excessive and the yang is overflowing; If sorrow is excessive, Yin qi should be reduced. When yin and yang change, the mood will move; The spirit is moving, the spirit is scattered, and the evil spirits take advantage of it. The best thing to eliminate the worries is wine. Therefore, I offer birthday wine to show your majesty's impartiality and to relieve your sorrow. I don't know taboos, it's a sin to say this plainly! "At this time, Dong Fangshuo was drunk with cheese and urinated in the temple, and ministers dismissed him for" irreverence "and demoted him to Shu Ren. After the imperial edict in the official department, because of the active countermeasures, Ren Zhonglang, given a hundred silks. Princess Guantao, the aunt of Emperor Wudi, was also called Dou Taizhu. After the death of her husband, Hou Chenping, she was widowed for many years and was in her fifties. A woman who sells jewelry often goes to her house and brings her thirteen-year-old son Dong Yan. Dong Yan was very beautiful, so Lord Dou left him beside him and taught him the number of archery. By the age of eighteen, he was already a handsome boy. When he went out with Dou Taizhu, he held the reins, and when he entered, he served the side. The whole capital knew his relationship with Dou Taizhu and called him Dong Jun.. One day, Emperor Wu visited the home of Dou Taizhu, and the princess was so excited that she cooked for herself. Emperor Wu sat down and said to his aunt, "I hope to meet your master. "Dou Taizhu drew Dong Yan out. I saw Dong Hire, wearing a cuckold hat and gloves, following the princess and saying to the Emperor Wu, "I, Dong Yan, a dear princess, risked my life to worship the emperor!"! Emperor Wu saw that he was very beautiful and liked him very much. He gave him many things and called him "the master". From then on, Dong Yan often fought with Emperor Wudi, hunting and playing football. Because of his increasingly intimate relationship with Emperor Wu, Dong's employment became famous, and there was no one in Beijing who didn't know him. One day, Emperor Wudi hosted a banquet in the Xuan room to entertain Dou Taizhu and Dong Yan. When they were about to enter the propaganda room, Dong Fangshuo held a halberd to stop them and said to Emperor Wu, "Dong Yan has three charges to kill: he served the princess privately in the name of a person and minister, which is the first capital crime. Corrupt the morals of men and women, confuse the marriage etiquette, and have the system of hurting the first king, which is the second sin; In the prime of his life, Your Majesty should focus on the six classics, pay attention to the affairs of the king, admire the politics of Tang Yu, and respect the education of three generations. However, Dong Yan did not know how to persuade students according to the classics. Instead, he put emphasis on extravagance, called it luxury, tried his best to enjoy dogs and horses, and was extremely eager to see and hear. This is the great thief of the country and the great harm of society. This is his third article. After hearing this, Emperor Wu kept silent and said after a while, "I have arranged a banquet, so I'll change it next time! "Dong Fangshuo said," No. Xuanshi is the main hall of the late king, not discussing legitimate state affairs, so you can't go in! It is in this way that promiscuity is gradually eliminated. Don't get into such a situation: the marten taught Huan Gong to commit fornication, and later, after all, he became a victim with Yi Ya; Qing's father died in Ju 'an, and Lu's country was at peace. If Cai is destroyed, the same room will be safe. Emperor Wu listened and said, "Yes. "Then shut down the banquet in Xuan room, and put it in Bei Gong. Dong hired him to go in from East Simamen, and later renamed it Dongjiaomen. Give Dong Fangshuo 3 Jin of gold. From then on, Dong Yan gradually lost his favor and died at the age of thirty. A few years later, Lord Yan died, and Dong Yan was buried with her in Ba Ling. Dong Fangshuo is still a writer, and his prose is titled "Difficult to Answer Guests", assuming that the guests ask the author a difficult question, mocking him for his "knowledge and wisdom", but it is difficult to compare with Su Qin and Zhang Yi. Then he argued, "It's the same time, and it's the same time!"! At the time of the Warring States Period, the governors contended, "Those who gained the scholar were strong, and those who lost the scholar were dead." Those who talked and talked were in a position of honor, but now the world is unified, and the imperial court holds the power of employing people. There is no difference between virtuous and unscrupulous. This paper expresses the sense of oppression of intellectuals in the unified situation of the Han Dynasty, and exposes the reality that the rulers suppress talents at will, which leads to the distinction between the wise and the foolish. The work takes the form of irony and is full of grievances. His other article, On the Theory of Non-existence of a gentleman, expresses the feeling that "it's not easy to talk" under the guise of non-existence of a gentleman, and it is also a work to express the feelings of talent and talent. Dong Fangshuo's prose is most famous for the above two essays. There are 18 existing works, among which Seven Suggestions and Difficult to Answer a Guest are the most famous. "Seven remonstrances" uses Qu Yuan's life experience to write his own misfortune and express his sincerity to the monarch. Answering a guest is difficult, which explains the trick of the autocratic monarch to fool his lieutenants in a funny tone, and reflects the political chaos at that time. Although the two articles are not titled. In fact, it is a fu body. The Fairy Tales and Ten Stories in China, which belong to myths and legends, are actually false, though they are titled Dong Fangshuo.
Dong Fangshuo in Taoism
Dong Fangshuo was an immortal in the Han Dynasty, and his nickname was Man Qing, as recorded in The Story of the Cave. At the age of three, I have a glance at the secrets of the world and recite them in my mouth. In the middle reaches of Yuanfeng, I suddenly saw the Queen Mother of the West picking mulberry trees on the coast of Dong Fangshuo in the White Sea. According to legend, it is the essence of Taibai Star. On the first day of "Unique Records", it was said: "Dong Fangshuo of Han Dynasty, with an excellent longevity star, has been an official of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, but the longevity star in the sky has disappeared. After his death, the star came out. " In Volume 6 of Taiping Guangji, it is said that there is a yellow-browed Weng who refers to his mother, saying, "In the past, I was my wife, and my support was the essence of Taibai. Now you are also the essence of this star." According to "Biography of Immortals", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was later a doctor in Taizhong. In his later years, Emperor Wu was good at magic, and Dong Fangshuo was well-informed and knowledgeable. He often talked about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty with supernatural beings and strange things. Quite good at ephemeris, but also arrogant, and it is necessary to fly around. According to the biography of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Fangshuo went by dragonfly and went nowhere. According to the legend of the immortals in the cave,
Dong Fangshuo, a teacher, went to Shizi Miyaguchi, who was influenced by the true shape of the land of Langchang, Zhongshan and Shenzhou, and later became the trusted minister of the Queen Mother of the West.
In addition, Tong Xi Pian tells two stories about Dong Fangshuo and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. One is that the Queen Mother of the West descended to Jiuhua Hall on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, and gave five peaches to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Dong Fangshuo looked at it from the Zhu Wu Fu in the east wing of the hall. The Queen Mother said: This child has come to our place for this Xiantao three times. Secondly, it is said that Emperor Wu got the immortal wine and showed it to Dong Fangshuo. After Dong Fangshuo took over, he drank it all at once. Emperor Wu was furious and wanted to punish Dong Fangshuo. Dong Fangshuo Day: "If you kill Shuo, it is not a test, thinking that there is a test, you will not die if you kill him." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty admired this very much.
My father's name is Zhang Yi, whose word is Heping, and my mother is Tian. Father Zhang Yi still looked like a child when he lived to be 2 years old. Three days after Dong Fangshuo was born, his mother Tian died, which was the third year of Emperor Han Jing. A woman next door adopted Dong Fangshuo. At this time, Dongfang just turned white, so she took "Dongfang" as her surname. When Dong Fangshuo was three years old, as long as he saw any secret scriptures in the world, he could recite them by reading them once, and he often pointed to himself in the air. On one occasion, the foster mother suddenly found that Dong Fangshuo was gone, and it took more than a month to come back, so the foster mother whipped him. Later, Dong Fangshuo ran away again and didn't come back until a year later. The foster mother was surprised to see him and said, "You have been gone for a year, how can you make me not worry?" Dong Fangshuo said, "Son, I didn't spend a day in the purple mud sea. The purple water in the sea stained my clothes. I went to Yuquan to wash again and came back at noon in the morning. How can I say that I went for a year?" The foster mother asked, "What countries have you been to?" Dong Fangshuo said, "I washed my clothes, rested on the platform in the underworld, and took a nap. The princes in the underworld gave me red chestnuts and nectar, which nearly killed me, and then gave me half a cup of Agnes, which I had been in for nine days. I woke up. On the way back, I met a black tiger and rode it.